I've not been in touch with my counselor in a while, my family Dr prescribed for me, the counselor I saw for 2 years, she always said I should seriously consider anti-depressants, and in a lot of ways, she was little more than a sounding board that let me know, no, I'm not crazy, the world is this full of total and complete idiots, it was kinda almost like girl talk with her. Most of the time when she suggested something, I had either already done it or knew about it, what I'm noticing on the meds is it's a little easier for me to start doing the things I knew I should have been doing anyway.
Do you get constructive advice from your counselor? Maybe I was wasting my time with the one that I was using, I liked her though. Oh well, thanks for the reply Natalie, and Jackie, good luck on your attempt to get off of meds, I think I would want to stop if I felt they were altering me as a person too much, or were interferring with sleep.